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I just said this a bit ago on another drama. This is my personal opinion and I completely understand we are all different beings, and do things our own way. A lot of the disappointment and displeasure I see voiced recently in many comment sections seems to stem from 1. the fact that people have seen reels, edits, BTS videos etc. and have high expectations. When the final drama airs and some of those scenes are edited or deleted it causes a letdown. 2. Or there are those who expect an adaptation to be exactly like the novel. The first is by design, shows need to lure viewers in and the second one is understandable, you read a book, you love it, a drama is made and you want it to give the same feeling as the novel. Understandable but you gotta allow the show makers room to practice poetic license.

I would say, again just a gentle bit of advice, is maybe start avoiding all these little online tidbits that are short, dramatized, exciting, tasty morsels that ruin your appetite when the real meal is served. Limit the content you watch about the show before it airs. That way you are still excited about it but you haven't built this unreal/nonexistent story in your head that doesn't come to fruition when the actual drama begins. I think this causes a huge disappointment when your pre-formed ideas and what you are finally presented with do not match.

I don't know, just throwing it out there for those who can avoid, wait or restrain themselves from giving in to the social media bombardment. The new and unlimited access to shows is great but it might also be causing an overhyped atmosphere/expectation which leads to ultimate and inevitable deflation and disappointment.

I am waiting for more episodes and will begin my binge of this. The comments are so wildly varying lol.

Yeah, I really don't use social media that much, if at all, and I think this has made my drama watching more enjoyable. When people were complaining about missing/deleted scenes (eg. POJ) because they had seen reels, edits and BTS videos that never ended up in the final aired drama, I couldn't relate. I had NO idea what I missed so it makes the whole thing new and interesting. Give me the synopsis, the trailer and I am good 😆

Yeah, I like both actors but it almost feels, flat? I don't know, something is just missing. There is drama but no feeling of real urgency.. I'm scratching my head trying to figure it out haha

I am taking a break and watching a kdrama (Teach You a Lesson - very good by the way) It's been ridiculously hard to find a drama I even want to start. Maybe this will cleanse my palate a bit and I will come back to TFJ... otherwise I am counting it as more collateral damamge suffered due to grief and lack of focus.

And this is the very reason is why I am a prolific binger. I don't know how y'all do it. :)

Yeah, it happens. I drop things, then a while later I remember to go back and finish. Hopefully this will be the case because it's NOT a bad show at all :-)

You're probably right. We are at a "peeaceful valley" in terms of their relationship and his health (him being healed) so now I might be waiting for another "peak" so to speak. I will try to soldier on. It's also my frame of mind right now, hard to focus...

Oh my lord! How many times I have wanted to say this but dreaded incoming replies that I am defending people if I say they are NOT pfiles!!! Thank you. And btw I also have NO idea what articles you are referring to, just had to commend you for laying this out for people. so tired of everyone using the word wrong.

I'm stuck. I was enjoying this, got to episode 19 and I am stuck there. This comment has no bearing on how good or bad the show is, it's just me utilizing this little box to express how confounded I am by my inability to continue watching, for no good damn reason. Maybe typing this will stimulate SOMETHING? ughhhh

It really is! Also the last couple years with the official book translations etc.. We are eating well!!!

It really is. The last couple of years really, with official books etc. . We are eating WELL!!

I remember years ago scrambling to find a completed translation of this novel. Fast-forward to 2026 and there is a show!!! Well, f*** me silly and call me a danmei whore. I'm so excited to binge this when it ends. Whoo hoo!!

lol yeah i had to vent. I am liking it so far. Nice mix of romance and detective work. Nothing groundbreaking, but quite enjoyable.

Yes, there are tiny women who can pack a punch and beat up dudes. No doubt. But I would also like to watch a crime/cop cdrama with a regular sized woman, who doesn't look like a twig or so delicate a hard breeze would knock her sideways. This has nothing to do with body shaming and everything to do with having an everyday looking female character play a bad ass cop. Soooo many of these cdramas consistently star FLs who just leave me shaking my head. It is a sea of petite chicks doing the nigh impossible ALWAYS.

Again, yes women can fight well, but a bit of "real" would be great to see every once in a while. You know, a brash, ass kicking cop with muscle tone and bones that won't snap like crystal eg a Mariska Hargitay type. Just a thought. Okay, back to my show.

I don't know man. Sure those wooden block ones must be hell on earth but these still look stiff as a board. Better them than me, is all I can say ;)

Look, I love the sweet girl romance dramas as much as the darker temptress/villainess ones, but this was soooo refreshing to see. A grown ass woman, acting like one and not shying away from intimacy with her damn husband like a petrified tree. He asks her to sit/join him in bed and old girl goes scurrying to her room to get her pillow before the man can even lay his weary body down. hahaha Loved that scene.

By the way, how in the name of "holy neck cramp in the morning", did they sleep on those things, especially the square blocky looking ones? Anyway, I digress. Great show so far. I love Bai Lu for not picking simpering female roles, they suit her well and she embodies each role perfectly.

"Then their daughter has to marry a Black man becoz no other suitable bachelors there. Was this what their grandparents or parents trying to achieve when they sought a "better" life abroad?"

I rarely jump into/respond to what people have to say here, but this called for a response... do you not see something very wrong with these comments you made?

Good show. Just missed greatness by a smidge but still a quite compelling watch. I love these type of police procedural/crime solving shows that also involve human drama and events occuring over a long period of time. Wish there were more of these, at least enough to balance the glossy, over produced ones with little to no real grit and "grind" in them.

Well done to everyone involved, they had me second guessing myself but I had narrowed t down to two and one of them was the guilty party. Still didn't ruin the ending for me though. Yes, it could have been a bit more suspenseful, but, still an enjoyable watch.

Tutor is his security blanket he found comfort in during a tough time in his life. Hard to let go of what you know for an uncertainty considering what that other asshole did to him once he discovered Akira's feelings for him. Sure, Kanata seems welcoming but in Akira's head he's thinking " But, IS he REALLY? I thought the other dipshit was trustworthy too."

Adorable. Good old Japanese shows. Always with one character desperately running to someone and the weird confession/not confession till the last episode where we get the weird kiss. haha I love them anyway.

Wasn't bothered by the tutor story, I wouldn't call it grooming per se . I am not sure WHAT the age gap is, the show never really tells us or I forgot. (?) He wasn't THAT much older I'm assuming and a crush on a sibling's friend is pretty normal/common. They come around the house a lot and are the first people outside of your own circle that you see a lot of. Their closeness to your sibling becomes a sort of connection to YOU. Plus he never really took advantage of him, they just in their own weird dynamic found comfort in each other. There was no direct, malicious manipulation and they genuinely cared for each other. Did he have a huge influence on him? Sure. But that happens with anyone you spend a lot of time with. Their tastes start to align with yours or vice versa, they introduce you to things they like etc. and by psychological osmosis (for lack of a better word) you kind of absorb their interests.

I need Japanese shows like this to delve further into the actualization of these relationships (between the leads) instead of leaving me on the cusp of its onstart. I enjoy them well enough, but this constant/neverending edging is getting tedious. This is why I appreciate their darker works more. Those ones dive DEEP into trauma and emotions and don't leave me hanging. Shows like this are cute etc. but at the final episode, I always end up feeling I am on chapter one of their love story...

Anyway, it was endearing and well acted with minimum cringe. If you are hesitating, just go ahead and press play. Cute, for the most part light-hearted fare.